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Reserves Transition from 1500 to 2400 Duty Day

Effective May 1, 2005 a Reserve Flight Attendant's day off will begin at 0001 domicile local time and end at 2400 domicile local time. Therefore, a Reserve scheduled to be AVL at 0001 will be processed by Future Crew Scheduling beginning at 1500 on the day prior to becoming AVL. Such Reserve may elect to have a list of trip choices, may elect to be available for phone contact for assignment or do neither and be passed to Daily Scheduling. If passed to Daily, such Reserve can be called by Crew Scheduling beginning at 0001. A Reserve leaving a list of trip choices for the following day will be responsible for contacting Crew Scheduling/VRS by 1930 of the day prior to becoming AVL to verify such trip assignment.

As often is the case, a transition procedure that gets us from an old system (1500-1500) to a new system (0001-2400) is required. AFA and the Company agreed on the following transition procedure.

In Examples 1 (Last AVL Period in April Carryovers into May), a Reserve who has his/her last "AVL" period starting at 1500 in April will go "OFF" duty at the end of such period at 1500 even in the month of May. Then his/her first group of AVL days contained within the May month will start at 0001. The net result of this transition procedure is he/she will gain an extra nine hours off. Note: Carryover vacations would be handled in the same manner.

Example 1	Comments
APR 27 OFF APR 28 AVL APR 29 AVL APR 30 AVL MAY 1 AVL MAY 2 AVL MAY 3 AVL	On @ 1500
MAY 4 AVL MAY 5 OFF MAY 6 OFF MAY 7 INV MAY 8 INV	Off @ 1500
MAY 9 AVL	On @ 0001

In Examples 2 (Last AVL Period in End on April 30th) a Reserve who has his/her last April "AVL" period ending on April 30th will go "OFF" duty at the end of such period at 1500. Then his/her first group of AVL days contained within the May month will start at 0001. The net result of this transition procedure is he/she will gain an extra nine hours off. Note: Carryover vacations would be handled in the same manner.

Example 2	Comments
APR 27 OFF	On @ 1500
APR 28 AVL APR 29 AVL
APR 30 AVL	Off @ 1500
MAY 1 OFF MAY 2 OFF MAY 3 OFF
MAY 4 AVL	On @ 0001
MAY 5 AVL

In Example 3, the Reserve's first AVL day is May 1st. As such he/she will go on duty at 1500 on April 30th and end such period at 1500 on his/her last day. Then his/her next AVL period will begin at 0001. The net result of this transition procedure is he/she will gain an extra nine hours off. Note: If you had vacation on 28th thru the 30th it would be handled in the same manner.

Example 3	Comments
APR 27 AVL	Off @ 1500
APR 28 OFF APR 29 OFF
APR 30 OFF	On @ 1500
MAY 1 AVL MAY 2 AVL
MAY 3 AVL	Off @ 1500
MAY 5 OFF	On @ 0001
MAY 6 OFF
MAY 7 OFF
MAY 8 AVL	On @ 0001

In Example 4, the Reserve's last OFF/INV period is in April and his/her first "AVL" day is on May 2nd (or later). In these example please observe that his/her AVL will start at 0001 on such date. The net result of this transition procedure is a gain of an extra nine hours off.

Example 4	Comments
APR 27 AVL	Off @ 1500
APR 28 OFF APR 29 OFF APR 30 OFF MAY 1 OFF
MAY 2 AVL	On @ 0001
MAY 3 AVL MAY 4 AVL MAY 5 AVL

In Example 5, the Reserve's VAC period is in April and his/her first "AVL" day is on May 2nd (or later). In these example please observe that his/her AVL will start at 0001 on such date. The net result of this transition procedure is a gain of an extra nine hours off.

Example 5	Comments
APR 27 AVL	Off @ 1500
APR 28 VAC APR 29 VAC APR 30 VAC MAY 1 VAC
MAY 2 AVL	On @ 0001
MAY 3 AVL MAY 4 AVL MAY 5 AVL

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